Which to use
“mount” and “mounts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,185
- “mount” frequency rank
- #14,592
- “mounts” frequency rank
- 17777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mount | mounts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A hill or mountain. | plural of mount |
Letter map: mount vs mounts
Shared letters muted; letters that set mount and mounts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: mount and mounts
mount and mounts are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mount” sits inside “mounts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mount is recorded at frequency rank #3,185, classified as anoun, pronounced /maʊnt/. mounts is at rank #14,592, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17777, this pair ranks #449,210 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mount vs mounts
Shared letters: mnotu. Private to "mount": -. Private to "mounts": s.
"mount" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "mounts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mount" and "mounts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mount" or "mounts"?
What to do next
You've compared "mount" and "mounts". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mount" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mounts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #449,210 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mount" and "mounts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mount vs Munn". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #449,210 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.